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  <h1 class="topictitle1">this_thread Namespace</h1>
 
   
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	 <div class="section"><h2 class="sectiontitle">Description</h2> 
		 
		<p>Namespace this_thread contains global functions
		  related to threading. 
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	 <div class="section"><h2 class="sectiontitle">Members</h2> 
		 
		<pre> namepace tbb {
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; namespace this_thread {
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; thread::id get_id();
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; void yield();
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; void sleep( const tick_count::interval_t );
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }
    }
    &nbsp;</pre> 
		
<div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" summary="" frame="border" border="1" cellspacing="0" rules="all"><span class="tabledesc">The following table provides additional information on the
			 members of this template class. 
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				  <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="33.89830508474576%" headers="d123595e46 "><span class="keyword">thread::id get_id()</span> 
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					 <p><strong>Returns</strong>: Id of the current thread.
						
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				  <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="33.89830508474576%" headers="d123595e46 "><span class="keyword">void yield()</span> 
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					 <p>Offers to suspend current thread so that
						another thread may run. 
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				  <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="33.89830508474576%" headers="d123595e46 "><span class="keyword">void sleep_for( const
						tick_count::interval_t &amp; i)</span> 
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					 <p>Current thread blocks for at least time
						interval 
						<em>i</em>. 
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					 <p><strong>Example</strong> 
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					 <pre>            using namespace tbb;
    &nbsp;
    void Foo() {
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; // Sleep 30 seconds
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; this_thread::sleep_for( tick_count::interval_t(30) );
    }
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